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| File Reference |
MSP34REF4417
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| Name |
Alexander Boyd |
| Gender |
male |
| Address detail |
| Street |
Moyville, Ballysakerry, Ballina
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| County |
Mayo
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| Country |
Ireland
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| Address detail |
| Street |
Garda Síochána, Macroom
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| County |
Cork
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| Country |
Ireland
|
| Address detail |
| Street |
Garda Síochana, Tralee
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| County |
Kerry
|
| Country |
Ireland
|
| Address detail |
| Street |
Garda Síochána, Ballintubber, Castlerea
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| County |
Roscommon
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| Country |
Ireland
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| Address detail |
| Street |
Garda Síochána, ‘S’ Branch, Lower Castle Yard, Dublin
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| County |
Dublin
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| Country |
Ireland
|
| Address detail |
| Street |
56 Gracepark Road, Drumcondra, Dublin
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| County |
Dublin
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| Country |
Ireland
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| Address detail |
| Street |
3A Philipsburgh Terrace, Fairview (Marino), Dublin
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| County |
Dublin
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| Country |
Ireland
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| Date of birth |
1888
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| Notes |
Date of birth not recorded on file but gives age as 44 on A.P. 50 form dated 16 January 1933
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| Date of death |
1942-12-06
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| Place |
St. Vincent's Hospital, Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland
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| Associated files in MSPA |
34E8274; DP1115; 1RB5179; 1RB176 (empty file);
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| Related files |
MSP34REF57529 Agnes Boyd subject's sister; MSP34REF10773 Patrick Boyd subject's brother;
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| Civilian occupation |
Member of Liverpool City Police, Liverpool, England;
Farmer's son;
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| Easter rising service |
No |
| Organisation |
Irish Republican Army |
| Rank |
Company Intelligence Officer
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| Unit |
1 Battalion
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| Company |
F Company
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| Brigade |
North Mayo Brigade
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| Commanding Officer(s) |
Patrick Boyd
|
| Other Service Numbers |
8373 (Garda Síochána number)
|
| Organisation |
Irish Republican Army |
| Rank |
Battalion Police Officer
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| Unit |
1 Battalion
|
| Brigade |
North Mayo Brigade
|
| Commanding Officer(s) |
Jack Jordan
|
| Other Service Numbers |
8373 (Garda Síochána number)
|
| Organisation |
Irish Republican Army |
| Rank |
Unknown
|
| Unit |
Active Service Unit
|
| Brigade |
North Mayo Brigade
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| Commanding Officer(s) |
Seamus Kilcullen; Michael Byron; Thomas Ruane; M. Kilcawley;
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| Other Service Numbers |
8373 (Garda Síochána number)
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| Pension Claim |
Yes |
| Award Pension |
Yes |
| Army Pensions Act 1923/1953 |
No |
| Military Service Pensions Acts 1924 |
No |
| Military Service Pensions Acts 1934 |
Yes |
| Grade |
E |
| Notes |
Awarded 5 and 1/6 years service for pension purposes posthumously in 1943 following appeals against original rejection of application in February 1942.
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| Military Service Pensions Acts 1949 |
No |
| Digital file |
Scanned/digital copyMSP34REF4417 Alexander Boyd.pdf
Scanned/digital copy34E8274 Alexander Boyd.pdf
Scanned/digital copyDP1115 Alexander Boyd.pdf
Scanned/digital copy1RB5179 Alexander Boyd.pdf
Scanned/digital copy1RB176 Alexander Boyd.pdf |
| File dates |
20 October 1932 – 12 December 1995
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| Subject Information |
File relates to the posthumous award of a military service pension to Alexander Boyd in respect of his service with the IRA in the service periods between 1 April 1920 and 30 September 1923. Applicant also claimed unsuccessfully for service in the periods between 1 April 1916 and 31 March 1920.
File also relates to unsuccessful applications made by Alexander Boyd under the Army Pensions Acts between 1932 and 1941.
Alexander Boyd claims membership of the Irish Volunteers and IRA from March 1917. He states that prior to this he served as a member of Liverpool City Police from 13 April 1914 to 22 December 1915 when he resigned after having refused to join the British Army. He claims that himself and an another [Irish] member of the police name Griffin were courtmartialled for causing mutiny in the [police] ranks. He claims that he returned to Ireland joined Sinn Fein in March 1916 and the Irish Volunteers in March 1917 and that he served as a Company Officer Commanding until taking up intelligence duties in 1919.
Subject states that during the War of Independence he took part in: a large number of arms raids; raids for mails; intelligence work regarding the movements and activities of British forces and local Loyalists and members of the Orange Order; the killing of RIC Sergeant Armstrong and wounding of RIC member Barnes in Ballina in August 1920; and exchanges of fire with ‘Black and Tans’ (RIC) on two occasions. He was also involved in the carrying of men and despatches by boat across the River Moy.
During the Truce period Boyd took part in IRA training camps and served in the IRA barracks in Ballina as an IRA police officer.
Following the outbreak of the Civil War Alexander Boyd claims that between July 1922 and March 1923, as well as taking part in the IRA capture of Ballina in September 1922, he took part in other engagements with the National Army at Castleconnor, Ballina, Glenview and Foxford. He also states that he was involved in the carrying of men, arms and despatches by boat across the River Moy. He further states that he was absent from service for seven weeks from March 1923 due to illness. On regaining his health he resumed his service, remained active until the Cease Fire and remained on the run until December 1923. He states that constant raiding of his family home by National Army forces forced him to emigrate first to Canada and then to the United States of America in 1924. He claims that he returned to Ireland in 1926 but later that year was once again forced to emigrate due to regular police raids on the family home. He finally returned to Ireland in 1932 and joined the Garda Síochána.
Material relating to subject's service pension application includes: original handwritten material submitted and signed by Alexander Boyd in support of his service pension application; handwritten copy of letter (2 pages) dated 6 December 1921 from A. Boyd, O. C. Police, F. Company. No. 1 Battalion, North Mayo Brigade to O. C. Police No. 1 Battalion regarding his difficulties serving a process on Patrick Kincart, Derrens, Broadlands; original typed signed covering letter dated 14 December 1921 from P. J. Ruttledge, Solicitor, Ballina, Co. Mayo addressed to Edward Brennan, Derreen, Ballysakeery, Ballina enclosing decree (not on file) in the case of Campbell – v - O’Dowd and requesting recipient to hand over to the O. C. Police to levy without delay and stating that if the defendant does not pay that [the O. C. Police] can seize any of the defendant’s cattle or stock and put them up for auction; original typed signed letter dated 30 December 1921 from P. S. O Ruitléir, Ballina Co. Mayo to A. Boyd, F. Company Police Officer, Moyville, Ballysakeery, Ballina regarding the case of Campbell –v- O’Dowd, replying to recipient’s letter of 17 December 1921 (not on file) stating that no matter what the defendant says the recipient is bound to execute a decree made by the court if no appeal is lodged within 15 days, and to seize the goods of the defendant if the latter does not pay, pointing out that the defendants would not question a decree of the British court, returning the decree (not on file) to the recipient for execution and stating that “…otherwise I am reporting the matter to the Minister for Home Affairs.”; undated handwritten note signed by P. J. Ruttledge, Ballina regarding the case of O’Boyle-v-Bourke and stating the outcome of the case; [original] handwritten letter dated 17 March 1922 from E. Geoghegan, Farragh House, Killala, addressed to Mr. Boyd stating that the parts of a plough taken from the writer have been returned and thanking the recipient for his help in the matter; material referring and relating to subject’s service with the Garda Siochana from the 1930’s until his death; typed summary (2 pages) and transcript (6 pages) of sworn statement made by Alexander Boyd on 26 October 1939 before the Advisory Committee, Military Service Pensions Act, 1934; signed and unsigned handwritten and typed statements regarding subject’s service from Dominick Molloy, M. Kilcawley, J. A. Madden, P. J. Ruttledge, Thomas Loftus, Patrick Boyd and Eamonn Gannon; handwritten notes relating to discussions held with unnamed verifying officers on 14 January 1942 and 15 September 1942; representations on behalf of Alexander Boyd and his widow from Mícheál Ó Cléirigh TD, P. A. Calleary, Patrick J. Ruttledge and Thomas Loftus; material relating to the posthumous payment of subject’s outstanding service pension to Ellen Boyd, widow of Alexander Boyd; material relating to Ellen Boyd’s receipt of a widows’ allowance in respect of Alexander Boyd from 1972 onwards; and material relating to the settlement and closure of Ellen Boyd’s widows’ allowance following her death on 25 October 1992 – partly closed for reasons of data protection.
Material relating to subject's applications under the Army Pensions Acts includes: original handwritten material submitted and signed by Alexander Boyd in support of his applications; original signed handwritten and typed and copy handwritten medical certifiactes in respect of Alexander Boyd; medical reports and exmainations in respect of Alexander Boyd; signed handwritten statements regarding subject's service and illness from M. Kilcawley, Patrick Feeney, Patrick Boyd, P. J. Ruttledge TD, Minister for Justice, Matthew Cawley, Seamus Kilcullen and Edward Brennan; and reference to subject's service with the Garda Síochána including his claim to be acting as a guard for Oscar Traynor TD, Minister for Defence - see signed handwritten statement dated 20 August 1941.
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